Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uuhi

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From earlier *uwši and probably related to Moksha уча (uča) and Komi-Permyak ыж (yž). Further origin uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Indo-European (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis).

Noun

*uuhi

1. (young) ewe (female sheep)

Inflection

Inflection of *uuhi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*uuhi	*uuhët
accusative		*uuhën	*uuhët
genitive		*uuhën	*uuhtën *uuhidën
partitive		*uuhta	*uuhida
inessive		*uuhëssa *uuhëhna	*uuhissa *uuhihna
elative		*uuhësta	*uuhista
illative		*uuhëhën	*uuhihën
adessive		*uuhëlla	*uuhilla
ablative		*uuhëlta	*uuhilta
allative		*uuhëlën *uuhëlëk	*uuhilën *uuhilëk
essive		*uuhëna	*uuhina
translative		*uuhëksi	*uuhiksi
instructive		*uuhën	*uuhin
comitative		*uuhënëk	*uuhinëk
abessive		*uuhëtta	*uuhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) uhe, uhu
• Finnish: uuhi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: uuhi
  • South Karelian: uuhut
• Livvi: ⇒ uuhut
• Veps: uhu

From *utti, *uti:

• Estonian: utt
• Finnish: (dialectal) utti, uuti, uti
• Ingrian: ⇒ uto
• Võro: utt'
• Votic: (Mati, Rajo) uti

Further reading

• “utt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1086 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “uuhi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN